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VP Candidates Assess Dick Cheney, CBS Evening News: Biden And Palin Answer Katie Couric's Vice-Presidential Questions
VP Candidates Assess Dick Cheney, CBS Evening News: Biden And Palin Answer Katie Couric's Vice-Presidential Questions
(CBS) Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin have put in some very long days preparing for their Thursday night debate. To give voters a better sense of who these candidates are, and where they stand on a number of issues, CBS News anchor Katie Couric asked Biden and Palin some "Vice Presidential ...
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Open thread: Armageddon
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... A few people have e-mailed to say that the livestream in Ed’s open thread complicates comment discussion by slowing refresh times, so here’s a no-frills alternative. Take your pick. While we wait for the main event, “enjoy” the last installment in her series with Couric. They saved a doozy for the finale. Game face!

VP Debate: Shredding the Constitution v. Duck [sic] Hunting
Firedoglake — ... I wonder if Palin would have had more problems with Dick Cheney's drunken hunting accident if she knew that he was hunting quail, not duck. ...

Amygdala — THEIR MOVIE CHOICES SAY IT. Less noticed than their other interview choices, and, um, media appearances, will be these last questions asked Biden and Palin by Katie Couric, broadcast on Thursday's evening news. There were several, including what they thought of Dick Cheney, and what they thought of former Veeps, but this one was on their favorite movies. (Roger Ebert will be so pleased!) Katie Couric: What’s your favorite move and why? Joe Biden: "Chariots of Fire" is, I think, probably my favorite ...

Watch Palin’s ‘open book exam’ - reading her answers during the debate
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... I don’t know how I missed this gem about Dick Cheney from Palin’s interview with Katie Couric—it’s below the fold. ...

Palin Says She Will Seek Some Authority Over Legislative And Judicial Branches
Think Progress — ... Palin’s views of the office appear to be so in line with Cheney’s that during her interview with Katie Couric, the only bad thing that Palin could say Cheney had done in office was accidentally shooting his friend in the face. ...

Cheney Biographer: Palin Views Cheney’s Vice Presidency As A Role Model
Think Progress — ... .” And yet, during her interview with Katie Couric, the only negative thing Palin could say of Cheney was that he accidentally shot his friend in the face. ...

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